July 6, 2010

Learning Objectives

Checking homework today:
- See the list on the white board.
  - I am checking Thursday's work and Friday's work.
Summer School Planner (Due Each Friday)
- summer school planner 2010.pdf

Reading Section: "Before the End of Summer" quick response

1. What does Bennie’s grandmother tell him to do on the day Dr. Frazier first comes to visit, and why doesn’t he do it?
2. What does Dr. Frazier say is going to happen before the end of summer?
3. Why does Grannie take care of Bennie all day long?
4. Who is Miss May Mathis and what happens to her?
5. How does the relationship between Bennie’s mother and Joe Bailey change during the course of the story?

Writing Section: Making Connections Chart

Make a T chart.
Use the chart to show connections between what you have read about Sharecropping and what we have read in "Before the End of Summer" (hint: look at your answer for #3 above).
- Share responses.

Grammar Section: Adjectives and Adverbs

Writing Section: Quick Write -- Terrorists

Agree or disagree: The United States should invest in racial profiling in order to catch potential terrorist or prevent potential terrorist attacks.
Explain why you agree/disagree.
Take the following quiz on terrorists in your notebook. You only need to write "T" for True or "F" for false:
- T / F Most terrorists are rich or come from money.
- T / F All terrorists are from Middle Eastern countries.
- T / F Al-Qaida (the terrorist organization) is made up of religious zealots.
- T / F Terrorists murder people because they believe deeply in a cause.
- T / F Terrorists are typically loners or social outcasts.
- T / F We have domestic terrorist in the U.S.
- T / F Terrorism is easy to catch and prevent.
Take your side:
- Students stand on different sides of the room, depending on whether they agree/disagree.
- If there are too few students on one side, the teacher joins them to play devil's advocate.
- Student volunteers explain why they agree/disagree that the United States should invest in racial profiling in order to catch potential terrorist or prevent potential terrorist attacks.

Reading Section: Pre-reading -- Key Terms and Key Vocabulary

Reading Section: "Five Myths about Terrorists"

Explain how the text is organized (paragraphs and divided into sections).
Read on your own, silently, at first. You have 8 minutes. We are only reading and marking the text now, silently.
- Mark the Text as you read:
  - Number the paragraphs.
  - Circle Key Terms
  - Underline Claims
    - What is a claim?
Now, you will form a pair and together you will read through the article again.
However, this time you will stop to write a summary in the margins after each paragraph.

Reading Section: Chart the Text

Briefly introduce the strategy and then have students copy the list of Text Charting verbs below:
Be sure to leave space, as I have here, to include a brief definition of each verb.

Analyzing:
Arguing:
Asserting:
Comparing:
Contrasting:
Connecting:
Defining:
Debating:
Clarifying:
Concluding:
Discussing:
Developing:

Extending:
Explaining:
Identifying:
Illustrating:
Introducing:
Listing:
Offering:
Proving:
Stating:
Suggesting:
Summarizing:
Questioning:

Reading Section: Scan for Vocabulary "The Cask of Amontillado" pages 87-92